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Prescription Drug Abuse an American Epidemic

Prescription drug abuse an American epidemic

Filed under: drug addiction

According to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control, American women are dying from drug overdoses and the misuse of drugs at an alarming rate. As a former judge who presided over a drug court, I have seen firsthand what addiction can do to …
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Weight Loss Drug Helps Curb Cocaine Addictions, Penn Study Finds

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Hormone Replacement Therapy: Weighing the Risks and Benefits

Hormone replacement therapy: Weighing the risks and benefits

Filed under: Chicago Drug Treatment Centers

Researchers at the Botanical Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago are investigating the safety and efficacy of several plants, including black cohosh, red clover, chaste berry, valerian, hops and dong quoi," the report states. … Often …
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"Glee" star Cory Monteith dead in Vancouver hotel room at 31

Filed under: Chicago Drug Treatment Centers

Silver Valley Doctor Succumbs to Cancer

Silver Valley doctor succumbs to cancer

Filed under: Drug Rehab Centers Chicago

“He would break himself to help his community,” Margie said from the airport in Chicago. Margie and Ron flew to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Zion, Ill., at the end of May. Dr. Dorchuck was diagnosed with cancer in January. “Wherever he …
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Jim Nayder, host of 'Annoying Music Show,' dead

Filed under: Drug Rehab Centers Chicago

COLUMN – in Praise of Tabloid TV

COLUMN – In praise of tabloid TV

Filed under: Chicago Drug Treatment Centers

There's a celebrity model, psycho sex, rape, drugs, Broadway, an inherited fortune, mental illness, class issues, and, of course, murder. New York's dailies bulged with accounts of … Out of town newspapers in Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia gave it …
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Group offers 000 reward for drug-related tips about elected officials

Filed under: Chicago Drug Treatment Centers

Mother Strives to Keep Others Off Heroin

Mother strives to keep others off heroin

Filed under: Drug Abuse Chicago

Bruce Johnson, chief executive officer of the Northern Illinois Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, put hard numbers to the problem. "We've … The current stuff is 40 percent more pure than it used to be, it's cheap and it's saturating the …
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Coroner: Lake Villa twins, 25, died from apparent overdoses

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AIDS Drugs Halve HIV Risk for Intravenous Drug Users in Study

AIDS drugs halve HIV risk for intravenous drug users in study

Filed under: Chicago Drug Use

CHICAGO (Reuters) – A daily dose of powerful anti-HIV medicine helped cut the risk of infection with the AIDS virus by 49 percent in intravenous drug users in a Bangkok study that showed for the first time such a preventive step can work in this high …
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Ever been in pain? You should care about heroin

Filed under: Chicago Drug Use